Darjeeling district
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Darjeeling district দার্জিলিং জেলা दार्जिलिङग् जिल्ला |
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| District of West Bengal | |
 Location of Darjeeling district in West Bengal |
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| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Administrative division | Jalpaiguri |
| Headquarters | Darjeeling |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Darjeeling |
| • Assembly seats | Darjeeling, Kurseong, Matigara-Naxalbari, Siliguri, Phansidewa |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,149 km2 (1,216 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,846,825 |
| • Density | 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 727,963 |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 79.56% (excluding 0-6 population) |
| • Sex ratio | 970 |
| Major highways | NH 31, NH 55 |
| Website | Official website |
Darjeeling District (Nepali: दार्जिलिङग् जिल्ला; Bengali: দার্জিলিং জেলা ) (pron: dɑ:rʤi:lɪŋ) is the northernmost district of the state of West Bengal in eastern India in the foothills of the Himalayas. The district is famous for its hill stations (often referred to as the Queen of the Hills) and Darjeeling tea. Darjeeling is the district headquarters.
Kurseong and Siliguri, two other major towns in the district, are the subdivisional headquarters of the district. Mirik, another town of the district, has been developed as a lake resort since the late 1970s. Kalimpong was one of the subdivisions but on 14 February 2017, it officially became a separate Kalimpong district.
Geographically, the district can be divided into two broad divisions: the hills and the plains. The entire hilly region of the district comes under the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, a semi-autonomous administrative body under the state government of West Bengal. This body covers the two hill subdivisions of Darjeeling and Kurseong and the district of Kalimpong. The foothills of Darjeeling Himalayas, which comes under the Siliguri subdivision, is known as the Terai. The district is bounded on the north by Sikkim, on the south by Kishanganj district of Bihar state, on the east by Kalimpong district and on the west by Nepal. Darjeeling district has a length from north to south of 18 miles (29 km) and a breadth from east to west of 16 miles (26 km). As of 2011, it was the second least populous district of West Bengal (out of 19), after Dakshin Dinajpur.
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